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Table 2 Total arrivals between March 16 and June 11 stratified by NYU-EDA groups. Δ2020 describes the difference in proportion when comparing year 2020 with pooled visits from 2018 and 2019. EDCN = Emergency Department Care Needed, ~ = Not, P/A = Preventable/Avoidable, PCT = Primary Care Treatable, p.p. = percentage point

From: NYU-EDA in modelling the effect of COVID-19 on patient volumes in a Finnish emergency department

 

Study year, n (%)

  
 

2018

2019

2020

Δ2020 in p.p.

p

Emergent EDCN ~P/A

1441

(15)

1554

(15)

1207

(16)

+ 0.7

.14

Emergent EDCN P/A

617

(7)

739

(7)

489

(6)

−0.4

.20

Emergent PCT

1474

(16)

1764

(17)

1309

(17)

+ 0.8

.10

Non-Emergent

1464

(16)

1686

(16)

909

(12)

−4.0

<.001

Alcohol

142

(1.5)

167

(1.6)

190

(2.5)

+ 0.9

<.001

Drug

7

(0)

11

(0)

6

(0)

−0.0

.80

Injury

2394

(25)

2415

(23)

1814

(24)

−0.5

.39

Psych

154

(1.6)

193

(1.8)

168

(2.2)

+ 0.5

.01

Unclassified

1723

(18)

1941

(19)

1564

(20)

+ 2.0

<.001

Total

9416

(100)

10,470

(100)

7656

(100)

0